08-23-2010, 06:31 AM
Ecclesiastes 3
A Time for Everything
You've heard all the questions before. What time is it? How long until...? When will we ever...? Then there are the platitudes: Time will tell; time heals all wounds; time marches on. We try to do things in a timely manner; we try to arrive on time; we remember the time that....
Time can bring order to our lives, or it can enslave us. Consider Ecclesiastes Chapter 3. Seems almost like a puzzle or riddle, doesn't it? I believe the writer is saying, simply but eloquently, that life happens to all of us, and we are bound by the constraints of a finite existence--TIME. But, how we allow God into our lives moves us from the limitations of time to the freedom of Eternity. God brings order from chaos, replaces despondency with joy; gives hope, restores souls, reconciles man to Himself through the cross of Christ.
FOR TODAY: Turn today's riddles into tomorrow's triumphs through Jesus Christ.
Written By:
Pastor Jim McQuerrey
Associate Pastor of Worship Ministries
Bible Center Church
A Time for Everything
You've heard all the questions before. What time is it? How long until...? When will we ever...? Then there are the platitudes: Time will tell; time heals all wounds; time marches on. We try to do things in a timely manner; we try to arrive on time; we remember the time that....
Time can bring order to our lives, or it can enslave us. Consider Ecclesiastes Chapter 3. Seems almost like a puzzle or riddle, doesn't it? I believe the writer is saying, simply but eloquently, that life happens to all of us, and we are bound by the constraints of a finite existence--TIME. But, how we allow God into our lives moves us from the limitations of time to the freedom of Eternity. God brings order from chaos, replaces despondency with joy; gives hope, restores souls, reconciles man to Himself through the cross of Christ.
FOR TODAY: Turn today's riddles into tomorrow's triumphs through Jesus Christ.
Written By:
Pastor Jim McQuerrey
Associate Pastor of Worship Ministries
Bible Center Church